Round 1

Question 1

In 1976, Ted Turner’s WTCG in Atlanta became the first satellite-delivered TV
station. That station evolved into what is today a major general-entertainment
cable network known by what 3 letters?

Answer 1

TBS

Question 2

This type of space object is a highly luminous type of AGN (Active Galactic
Nucleus) powered by a massive black hole. Most don’t know that part, but they know it emits radio waves and light. What is this object whose name comes from a Quasi-stellar radio source?

Answer 2

Quasar

Question 3

This war’s memorial features 19 statues in a juniper patch. Across from the
statues is a black granite wall creating reflections bringing the total number of
representations to 38, important for the line of latitude forming the battle line in
what war?

Answer 3

Korean War

Question 4

What is the economic term for the unrestricted exchange of goods between countries without government intervention?

Answer 4

free trade

Question 5

The historical region of Normandy borders what body of water?

Answer 5

English Channel

Question 6

Which artist of the Pop Art category is best known for his works that employed
the standardized imagery of traditional comic strips?

Answer 6

(Roy) Lichtenstein

Question 7

During the French Wars of Religion, this group opposed the Catholics, and
followed the teachings of Reformation leader John Calvin. Name these French
Protestants.

Answer 7

Hugoenots

Question 8

It’s an old story. Congressmen accept favors (in this case, shares of stock),
and decide not to investigate one of the largest embezzlement schemes in U.S history. It’s finally uncovered; several major Congressmen are implicated. What was this 1872 example of Congress as usual?

Answer 8

Credit Mobilier

Question 9

Which 1854 act of Congress established two territories across the whole of the
Great Plains from the Missouri River to the Rocky Mountains? It wiped out the
promise of the Missouri Compromise.

Answer 9

Kansas-Nebraska Act

Question 10

The world’s newest nation split from its namesake in 2011 after years of civil
war, and added a cardinal direction to it’s name. Which North African nation with a capital of Juba quickly joined the United Nations upon its independence?

Answer 10

South Sudan

Question 10

Any trigonometric function of an acute angle is equal to the cofunction of its
complement. This property makes it possible to find the functions of any acute angle from tables of functions of angles up to how many degrees?

Answer 10

45

Question 11

Which state has this voting record on Amendments? They passed the 20th
giving women the right to vote in 1984, have never passed the 24th outlawing poll taxes, and passed the 13th outlawing slavery in 1995?

Answer 11

Mississippi

Question 12

This is a graceful dance in triple meter, brought to the court of Louis XIV in the
mid-17th century. What graceful dance’s name comes from the Italian for small and delicate?

Answer 12

Minuet

Question 13

What scientific term describes the particular combination of temperature and pressure at which water simultaneously exists as a solid, liquid, and gas?

Answer 13

Triple Point

Question 14

Created by the Aswan High Dam, Lake Nasser is shared by what two countries?

Answer 14

Egypt and Sudan

Question 15

The human body is quite a marvel of chemical engineering, but there are some glitches, such as hemoglobin, which does well enough in transporting oxygen, but which much prefers to transport what form, carried in a deadly gas, the simplest oxocarbon?

Answer 15

Carbon Monoxide

Question 16

Around 1240, the kingdom of Mali was established in West Africa along what
river found in the names of two countries there?

Answer 16

Niger

Question 17

Math: How many degrees are included in the obtuse angle between the hands
of a clock at 5:00?

Answer 17

150 degrees

Question 18

Over is the common prefix with these two words, and the root word is the same, but the words are not the same at all. The first has a present tense verb root and means to supervise someone’s work, and the second word has a noun root meaning being able to do the verb. Give both words where the second means to accidentally miss noticing something.

Answer 18

Oversee, oversight

Question 19

In the poem “The Duel,” there’s a terrible spat between the Gingham Dog and which cat? (one word only needed)

Answer 19

Calico

Question 20

The part of the bird that produces its song is called the syrinx. Which organ is
responsible for the human song?

Answer 20

Larynx

Question 21

What kind of time periods are the Precambrian, Paleozoic, Mesozoic, and
Cenozoic?

Answer 21

Eras

Question 22

In 1901, Major William Gorgas rid Cuba of yellow fever by applying the
discoveries made by another doctor the year before. Who was that other doctor-one who has the Army Medical Center in Washington D.C. named for him?

Answer 22

Walter Reed

Question 23

Pat had her wisdom teeth come in early - when she was only 18 - and they
were stuck coming in sideways so they had to be removed. What term is used for having these teeth hitting gum and other teeth - the same term used for the past tense of two cars striking?

Answer 23

Impacted

Question 24

Once upon a time, 90% of the farmland in Russia was owned by the imperial
family and the nobility. It was tilled by millions of people known as what, just as they wer called in the feudal system of most of Europe?

Answer 24

Serfs

Question 25

Which very early horror book starts with Captain Walton in the Arctic seeing a
large creature crossing the ice and continues with him helping the frozen scientist chasing the monster to kill his terrifying creation?

Answer 25

Frankenstein

Question 26

An American historian wrote The Development of Modern Europe, and with his wife as collaborator wrote The Rise of American Civilization, America in Mid Passage, and American Spirit. All of these had a different take on the history of the U.S. government that has been both hailed and decried. What was their last name?

Answer 26

(Charles & Mary) Beard

Question 27

The point of maximum velocity of a pendulum’s swing is at how many degrees from the fixed point at the top?

Answer 27

180 degrees

Question 28

A king or sovereign especially of a Muslim state once often had this title, but not only the rulers of Brunei and Oman still retain what title that starts with an S?

Answer 28

Sultan

Question 29

If you were to fly from Asuncion, Paraguay to Buenos Aires, Argentina which cardinal direction would you be travelling?

Answer 29

South